This week on The Short Game we discuss Photographs, the latest game by Luca Redwood, developer of show favorite You Must Build A Boat. Photographs is a narrative puzzle game for PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android, and it’s a big departure from Luca’s previous games. In Photographs you’ll explore a series of tragic tales, interspersed with puzzles that cast light on the themes of each story. We discuss the game’s themes and mechanics in depth, with a spoiler break at 55 minutes.
Photographs is $3.99 on mobile or $11.99 on Steam. Expect it to take around 3-4 hours to complete.
Links for this episode:
- Photographs | EightyEightGames
- You Must Build A Boat on the App Store
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – Wikipedia
- Galavant – Wikipedia
- Darkstalkers – Wikipedia
- Lodge 49 – Wikipedia
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Your hosts this week were:
- Laura Nash – @laurajnash
- Shane Kelly – @8bitshane
- Raygan Kelly – @raygank
- Nate Heininger – @natestl
- (00:00) - Photographs
- (00:42) - But First, You Must Build A Boat
- (03:08) - Photographs - Gameplay
- (07:14) - Art Style
- (09:34) - Music And Audio
- (11:45) - Interaction Between Narrative And Puzzles
- (19:15) - Tone And Story
- (25:16) - The Photo Taking Mechanic
- (36:39) - What’s Making Us Happy
- (37:21) - Laura - Crazy Ex Girlfriend Finale
- (39:25) - Nate - Galavant
- (41:36) - Raygan - Darkstalkers
- (47:24) - Shane - Lodge 49
- (52:44) - Outro
- (55:04) - Spoiler Break